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Contacts

State Education Agency

Arizona Department of Education

Peter Laing

Acceleration and Enrichment Support and Innovation Unit

1535 West Jefferson Ave., Bin 64

Phoenix, AZ  85007

602-364-3842

 

 

State Gifted Education Association

Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented

PO Box 51772

Phoenix, AZ 85076-1772

(602) 882-1848

 

Denise Hicks

President

 

Heather Pace
Executive Director

 

Statistics

Year Data Collected 
2014-2015
Total Student Population 
1,116,143
Number of Identified Gifted Students 
89,291
State Funding for Gifted and Talented Education 

2014-2015:  $0

2012-2013:  $0

2011-2012:  $0

 

Policy

Areas of giftedness addressed in state definition: 
Intellectually Gifted
Academically Gifted
Underachieving
Disabled Gifted
ESL / ELL
Does the state mandate identification for gifted & talented education? 
Yes
Does the state mandate services for gifted & talented education? 
Yes
Does the state provide guidance or guidelines for the process of identifying gifted & talented students? 
Yes
Does the state have a policy requiring districts to recognize gifted eligibilities from other districts in the same state? 
State policy specifically permits
Does state policy permit early entrance to kindergarten? 
State policy leaves LEA to determine
Does the state have an acceleration policy? 
State policy specifically permits
Does the state require general education teachers to receive training on gifted students after initial teacher certification is attained? 
No
Does the state require professionals working in specialized gifted ed programs to have a gifted ed endorsement or certification? 
Yes
Does the state monitor/audit LEA programs for gifted & talented students? 
Yes
Does the state report on the achievement or learning growth of gifted students? 
No

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